LS,
Plex is the best media software ever made (use it on ATV3, and 2 samsung devices). Seriously!! Now it’s available for the XBOX one. After a few minutes I found the settings ‘page’ for selection subtitles, audio and quality. When I logged in on my server I see he is transcoding with using the Xbox one. Is it possible to set it to direct streaming? Because I see a little quality issue.
Thanks a lot for the response and a super service.
I played a TV show last night. It direct streamed the video and audio.
was it a MKV file?
Mkv will not direct stream in this version of pms as the only mkv support for xbox one is in the preview and they are supporting the non-preview release os. I'm sure when update 1410 goes live we'll see an update for pms shortly after that will allow direct streaming of mkvs, but currently most xbox ones are not capable of streaming it and obviously this would cause quite a headache for the plex team.
Mkv will not direct stream in this version of pms as the only mkv support for xbox one is in the preview and they are supporting the non-preview release os. I'm sure when update 1410 goes live we'll see an update for pms shortly after that will allow direct streaming of mkvs, but currently most xbox ones are not capable of streaming it and obviously this would cause quite a headache for the plex team.
Thanks a lot for the explanation. For me now it's clear. At the moment the xbox one didn't support MKV fileformat. This wil be available in the october update. (source : http://www.xboxgamer.me/1410-update-details/)..
Case closed ;)
I believe it was a MKV, but I'd have to check.
But Direct Stream isn't dependent on the container, the audio and video are sent over in a compatible container w/o transcoding.
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200250387-Streaming-Media-Direct-Play-and-Direct-Stream
Direct Play works when the container, and audio/video codecs are supported by the client.
edit: just checked, it was MKV. so your problem isn't solved.
MediaVideo Resolution 720p
Duration 46:13
Bitrate 2737 kbps
Width 1280
Height 720
Aspect Ratio 1.78
Container MKV
Video Frame Rate 24p
PartDuration 46:13
File …
Size 904.86 MB
Container MKV
VideoCodec H264
Bitrate 2299 kbps
Bit Depth 8
CABAC 1
Chroma Subsampling 4:2:0
Color Space yuv
Duration 46:13
Frame Rate 23.976 fps
Frame Rate Mode cfr
Has Scaling Matrix 0
Height 720
Mkv will not direct stream in this version of pms as the only mkv support for xbox one is in the preview and they are supporting the non-preview release os. I'm sure when update 1410 goes live we'll see an update for pms shortly after that will allow direct streaming of mkvs, but currently most xbox ones are not capable of streaming it and obviously this would cause quite a headache for the plex team.
Not the exact topic but related question.
XBox has optical audio out, which should send audio straight out to a receiver to decode. If Plex is direct streaming, because the file is an mkv and XBox cannot open mkv's yet, will the audio (DTS, etc) be converted to AC3 for playback through the xbox or will the audio stream go out the optical audio as DTS to an external receiver? Meaning are the audio and video handled separately?
Not the exact topic but related question.
XBox has optical audio out, which should send audio straight out to a receiver to decode. If Plex is direct streaming, because the file is an mkv and XBox cannot open mkv's yet, will the audio (DTS, etc) be converted to AC3 for playback through the xbox or will the audio stream go out the optical audio as DTS to an external receiver? Meaning are the audio and video handled separately?
While yes the two streams are handled separately, the DTS is still converted to AC3. DTS isn't flagged as supported by the video player so it isn't sent to the device.
While yes the two streams are handled separately, the DTS is still converted to AC3. DTS isn't flagged as supported by the video player so it isn't sent to the device.
Thank you for the reponse.
Xbox doesn't handle DTS, but if you set the Bitstream Out to DTS or DD, then shouldn't it send it out via optical audio to your receiver? This is what I garnered based on this page:
https://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/system/configure-audio-settings
Why should Plex convert to AC3 in that scenario?
Thank you for the reponse.
Xbox doesn't handle DTS, but if you set the Bitstream Out to DTS or DD, then shouldn't it send it out via optical audio to your receiver? This is what I garnered based on this page:
https://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/system/configure-audio-settings
Why should Plex convert to AC3 in that scenario?
Because Plex is using the video player on the device and the video player is what says it doesn't support the DTS. (Or a passthrough). Plex currently doesn't have a choice to send video through one component and audio through something else. It all has to go through the video player and the video player and then the Xbox decides where it goes, but by then if the video player doesn't understand the codec you get no sound.
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